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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
It is purely about saving money. Last year players drafted after the 5th round were awarded more than 61 million in signing bonuses. They would also be limiting the signing bonuses of undrafted FAs from 125k per team to 20k per team. But when the league is expecting to lose 2.5-3B in revenue, I guessing saving a little bit where you can becomes important.
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Which is really silly. The draft offers significant surplus value... they'll lose money in the long run. Naturally of course they have to do this in the year where the Jay's would have a bigger draft pool and select high every round.
Also the draft is going to be heavier in NCAA picks for the next few year as a result.